Recently I reloaded my laptop with a brand new copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. I’m still getting things all sorted out. I downloaded the Windows version of GIMP for Windows and started to tinker with a PSD file I pulled from the Ushra’Khan forums of the infamous U’K Fist.
So, here’s my new forums avatar for the U’K forums:
and my new signature I’ll be using on forums in general:
I am by no means a master of graphics design, I leave that to my wife, but I do like to tinker. The new avatar is okay, just has the U’K fist on the top left corner. It’s not very visible as the color in the graphics don’t make it pop like it does on the forums sig. I do admit, my forums sig is a bit bland. I’ll have to come up with something nicer. Perhaps a bit with the new planets graphics in it.
And the big news today. There is a new dev blog titles Storming the Gates. This dev blog discusses the upcoming sovereignty changes and there is of course a forums discussion thread. The good news, the forums thread has not evolved into a ‘threadnaught’ as of yet. The combat mechanics on how you take over a system that has sov are a bit clearer now and honestly, it should be a lot of fun. I have been updating the SOV shared item page as well, so you can get all the latest from the EVE Blogging community on these upcoming changes.
- EVE Online Dev Blog on Sov combat, Storming the Gates, http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=709
- Forums Discussion on the Dev Blog, http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1212636
- EVE Blogging Community posts on SOV, http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user%2F03749674846786948488%2Flabel%2FSOV
See you out there!!
November 12th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Ah my friend, but if it is banners and such you need. I am indeed the person you are looking for
http://www.machine9.net/blog/?page_id=70
Im not particularly worried about all the changes coming, Im sure a bit of tuning will resolve the "funding issue" for nullsec, and I am VERY pleased to report that Devs have said rocket changes will be in the works together with the /revised/ AF changes that will come soon after dominion.
November 12th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I have seen your work and it is awesome-sauce in a win-sauce bottle. I may come see you for a few things, but the techie in me always likes to learn how to do things. I'll most likely tinker some more and what not.
I saw the changes for rockets, finally is all I have to say!! I may finish up my missile skills after that, just for the awesomeness that will be the crow.
November 12th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Why, oh why did you use Comic Sans?
That font makes everything look like crap.
November 12th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Well, there was a time where I really liked Comic Sans. These are a work in progress. How else and I supposed to learn?
November 12th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
That is true.
I like the simplicity of it, compared to many other over-stuffed signatures.
Maybe look into saving it as PNG to get rid of the blur from the JPG compression?
November 12th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Blur can be fun dude!! Makes people think they are still slightly drunk. :p
Seriously, good suggestion, I'll give it a go.